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WELCOME TO IPSL

We advance digital intelligence technologies designed to enhance predictive modeling, automation, optimization, and real-time decision-making for complex chemical, biological, energy, and food systems!

The research in our lab focuses on developing intelligent frameworks and the corresponding computational tools needed for

  • Controlling complex process networks,

  • Applied artificial intelligence in chemical, biological, and energy systems,

  • Designing cyber-physical architectures for smart process manufacturing,

  • Advancing system identification using machine learning and process data analytics.

Most of our work is computational, but we are intensely interested in laboratory automation to test hypotheses, validate model predictions, and design autonomous experiments.

Our research integrates process systems engineering, artificial intelligence, computational multiscale modeling, and digital twin technology to address challenging problems in chemical, material, food, and bioengineering!

CONTACT US

Office:

2017 Durland Hall, 1701A Platt St.

Manhattan, KS 66506   

IPSL Advanced Computing Lab:

2056 Durland Hall   

IPSL Autonomous Manufacturing Lab:

2001 Durland Hall

Tel: 785-532-5584

Email: dbpourkargar (at) ksu (dot) edu

FOLLOW OUR RESEARCH
  • GoogleScholar
  • ResearchGate
NEWS & UPCOMING EVENTS

July 2026

Dr. Pourkargar was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure at Kansas State University.

June 2026

Dr. Pourkargar has received the NSF CAREER Award for his project titled "Digital Intelligence Architectures for Efficient and Secure Operation of Integrated Polygeneration Systems". Link

 

May 2026

Our paper, A Digital Twin Framework for Predictive Modeling of Liver-on-a-Chip System Dynamics with Limited Experimental Data, has been published in the Chemical Engineering Journal. Link

Our paper, A Distributed Machine Learning Approach for Cyberattack Detection in Integrated Process Systems (FrC10.1 @ Process Control Session), has been published in the Proceedings of the American Control Conference (ACC), New Orleans, LA, 2026.

© 2026 by Davood B. Pourkargar                                  

    Tim Taylor Department of Chemical Engineering

    Carl R. Ice College of Engineering, Kansas State University

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